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Crime, in the US, fraid not. Have you tried Europe?

Started by Ewan · 11 months ago

Growing up I was forced to watch a lot of the series Due South.  My mother and sister both fancied the Mountie.

Aside from slightly mentally scarring me for life the series taught me one thing - Canadians are lovely people that never commit crime.

And it’s true, according to the mobile companies, nobody steals handsets in [...] ... Continue reading »

5 comments

  • Ewan

    11 months ago

    When I was in the States, I lost my Sprint handset. They replaced it in a day or so. Likewise with my Vodafone handset.
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  • Carlo

    11 months ago

    Has blacklisting really done much to stop handset theft in the UK? Didn't stop the little toerag who nicked Ewan's N95, nor does it stop all the handsets stolen in the UK and other Western countries that end up in places where blacklists don't go...

    "Nor does it trace where the phone is using GPS." -- does any operator actually do that?
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  • Ewan

    11 months ago

    I suspect that my N95 was quickly transported out of the UK into the hands
    of some non-operator-blacklist country chappy.
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  • Ben Smith

    11 months ago

    "Nor does it trace where the phone is using GPS." -- does any operator actually do that?

    No, and you generally need a 3rd party app on the handset to do this too...
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  • TerenceEden

    11 months ago

    An operator can trace where a phone is without using GPS. It looks at the tower with which the phone is registered.
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